You can’t do it alone

I was never one to have many friends, or get along with everybody.

If you saw me in middle-school,

You’d recognize me as the kid who had some friends,

But who he always felt distant from.

Nature’s Highlights:

It wasn’t until 6th grade that I finally met someone who shared a lot of my views and ideas on life, Alex.

He started being my best friend from the first time we went out.

He was the only one I felt I really could have true conversations with, not just ‘wanna play some games’ stuff.

But yet, even this wasn’t enough.

Still, no one understood what I felt inside, and no one knew how to help me.

So, in 7th grade…I turned my back on all of them.

I started hating the people around me,

Thinking they were stupid and inferior.

When, in reality, all I truly wanted was to be seen, to be helped.

What I described right now was a period of my life when I had the “alpha” mentality,

Just without the ‘grindset’.

And I think that’s the biggest danger we face regarding self-improvement.

And I think that’s the biggest danger we face regarding self-improvement.

Naturally, being on this path leads to you rising above your peers,

Becoming better than them.

And so, just like Victor 7, you start seeing others around you as ‘inferior’.

You detach from others because, yet again, they don’t get the path you’re on,

They don’t understand you.

I’ve been living like this for the past almost 2 years.

I tried welcoming the people around me more,

And, in a way, I got closer to them.

But it seemed like no one was interested in more than just the surface.

And most importantly, no one cared to ask “Why?”.

“Why are you feeling like this?”

“Why are you letting it affect you?”

“Why aren’t you doing something about it?”

The three “whys” that can change a person’s behavior. The three “whys” that someone needs to hear from a friend.

That’s what I realized.

No matter how good you get along with someone,

Most people are too disinterested, or simply too emotionally stupid to help you,

Or to care about you enough to ask.

However though, we still can’t live alone in our caves.

And I sure as hell don’t want to go back to the life I had.

A few days ago, I was feeling very very lonely,

I was feeling empty,

And the pressure around me was crushing.

At the end of that day, I decided that something has to change.

I can’t walk my way through life,

Expecting for people to arrive at my doorstep.

If I want like-minded souls,

I need to search for them.

I still am not quite sure how,

But I will offer anyone who doesn’t look mentally disfigured a chance.

I’ll go, I’ll talk to them,

And see if I can spark a light,

See if I can start a new chapter of my life.

I’m sure this road will bring us a lot of failed attempts.

But we don’t need more than one where we succeed to completely change our lives.

So what are we still waiting for?

If we want something better, we have to go out and create it (or find it).

And this also applies to friends.

I’m making you a promise right now and I want you to make one to yourself as well

I promise that I will do my utter best to find someone, no matter how hard it may seem in the moment.

Thank you so much for reading, guys <3

I hope you enjoyed this read,

And, if you did, I want nothing more from you than this:

Put in practice what we talked about here.

If anything, I want your life to be better.

So please, help me help you.

Love you, guys <33.